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| Greek People's Liberation Navy Ελληνικό Λαϊκό Απελευθερωτικό Ναυτικό | |
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 An ELAN ship seizes a vessel during patrol | |
| Dates of operation | 1942–1945 |
| Size | ~1,200 men, ~100 mostly small armed boats |
| Part of | National Liberation Front |
| Allies | Soviet Union, SNOF, Albanian Partisans, Bulgarian Partisans, Yugoslav Partisans, Yugoslavia (Until July 1949), SOE |
| Opponents | German Army, Royal Italian Army, Kingdom of Bulgaria, Collaborationist government, Security Battalions, Kingdom of Greece |
| Battles and wars | Greek resistance Greek Civil War |
The Greek People's Liberation Navy (Greek: Ελληνικό Λαϊκό Απελευθερωτικό Ναυτικό; Elliniko Laiko Apeleftherotiko Naftiko), commonly abbreviated as ELAN (ΕΛΑΝ), was the naval force of the communist-led Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) resistance movement during World War II, and later during the Greek Civil War.[1][2]
ELAN was essentially an auxiliary coastal force, operating mostly caïque and other small vessels near the coasts of the Greek mainland and between the islands. By mid-1944 however it had grown to about 100 mostly small armed boats and over 1,200 men, divided into seven squadrons of three or four flotillas with up to six vessels each.
- ^ Elaine Thomopoulos (2012), The History of Greece, ABC-CLIO, pp. 130–, ISBN 978-0-313-37511-8
- ^ American University (Washington, D.C.). Special Warfare Research Division; Doris M. Condit (1961), Case Study in Guerrilla War: Greece During World War II, Special Warfare Research Division, Special Operations Research Office, American University, pp. 332–